When the Parshall community daycare closed recently, the situation not only impacted Parshall, but the child care industry in the surrounding as well. A closer look at the industry finds that most daycare facilities in the area are full, nearly full or have waiting lists.

When Kim Sanderson started her job at the Parshall Community Day Care Center in September of 1997 and Brooke Locken followed shortly after in June of 1998 they excitedly waited for the laughter and happy squeals from the little ones that would enter their doorway.